Question

I have a table with two linked columns, a compulsory boolean and an optional date. There can only be a date when the boolean is FALSE. So I have this structure:

CREATE TABLE FOO (
    FOO_ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
    MY_DATE DATETIME,
    MY_BOOLEAN BIT DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,

    CONSTRAINT FOO_PK PRIMARY KEY (FOO_ID)
);

And I’ve written this constraint to keep the data integrity:

ALTER TABLE FOO
ADD CONSTRAINT FOO_CHK CHECK (
    MY_BOOLEAN=0 OR MY_DATE IS NULL
);

I must be missing something obvious but the fact is that I cannot run this update query:

UPDATE FOO
SET 
    MY_BOOLEAN=1,
    MY_DATE=NULL
WHERE FOO_ID=31416

I get a check constraint conflict error and the update fails. What am I doing wrong?

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UPDATE

I regret to inform that I had mistyped a column name… Sorry for wasting your time. I wish I could remove the question :_(

Answer 1

Sorry, bogus question (self-reply seems to be the only way to close it).